The Lady Who Lived in a House

By Julie Gunsaulis   There was an old lady who lived in a house, and many a time, I sat on her couch.    I drank her black coffee when I was three.   It reminds me of her now, so I prefer tea.  She made blueberry pancakes on her little white stove  And...

Downpour

By Casey Wong   Last night, I felt as though I had been born again, standing in the sidewalk’s ankle-deep river and smiling in the face of that great, starless downpour. Shirtless, soaking, and sober. Sydney and I laughed giddily at nothing as we made our way...

Extreme Frequencies

By Colleen Lloyd   Colleen Lloyd is a sophomore studio art major with a concentration in painting. They have always loved painting and knew they wanted it to be a major part of their life. Their favorite part of painting is focusing on important parts of their...

My Mother’s Beagle

By Jennie Orlando   Long weeks slither through the road   As I drive over a steep hill   To a house in Bella Vista   With green bushes suffering   November’s persistent winds.   Evening stars glare from the sky   As I step out of the Subaru   And Logan, my...

Lover’s Eyes

By Jordan Smith   Jordan Smith is a third-year English Literature & History double major. She includes digital art in her life’s “just for fun” category, along with embroidery and poetry. She does not welcome capitalism’s intrusion...

The Ecology of Succession

by Allison Flory   Adelaide Cooper wasn’t a fixture. She’d never been rooted to the Texas soil the way we all had, calloused hands and leather tans and a fear of not leaving before you got left. But she liked to say she was in those first few days after her...